Improvement in fluting-machines



- JAMES w. MADDEN & JOHN DODS'WORTH.

Fluting-Machihe.

N0. 128,156. Patented June18,1872.

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0 2% 69 }{1/Ih/ WM vTATEs PATENT JAMES W. MADDEN AND JOHN DODSWORTH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,156, dated June 18, 1872; antedated J nne 8,1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Flirting-Machine, invented by JAMES W. MADDEN and JOHN DODSWORTH, both of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York.

The nature of our invention consist-sin the arrangement of a revolving fluting die attached to a handle, said die being provided with corrugations on two sides, and operated in conjunction with a corresponding die, also fluted on two sides, which die is provided with four projections.

Weyrefer to the accompanying drawing, which makes part of this specification, and which represents our flirting-iron in a perspective view.

Letter Arepresents a fluting-die or case provided with corrugations on two or more sides, and of different space or pitch, and having on its corners feet, marked A, projecting sufflcient- 1y above the corrugations to protect them when placed upon the stove to be heated or otherwise. Bisarevolvingfluting-die. Itisprovided, also, with corrugations of diflerent pitch, corresponding with those of base A, and also with two pivots marked B. O is a frame and handle for the purpose of receiving the fluting-die B. It has bearings for the reception of the pivots of flutin g-die B, and a handle to operate the die with. (3 is a blade-spring, being attached to frame 0 on one end, and having apin fastened to its other end. Saidpin engages in correfabric to be fluted or crimped is placed upon the same and pressed into the corrugations by means of revolving die B. To reverse revolv- 7 ing die B, release blade-spring G from die 13, when die B may be revolved as desired and heated again by engaging blade-sprin g G with I die B.

It will be observed that the corrugations on Y the sides of base A and revolving die B are of different space or pitch, which will give the operator a variety of flutes, and allow a change in the work to be fluted.

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A flirting-machine, consisting of the bed-plate A and counter-die B, said parts having vary-.- ing flutes on their opposite faces, and being reversible for conjoint operation, substantially as described.

JAMES W. MADDEN.

Witnesses:

H. WM. Dorr, 1VIIGHAEL J. STARK. I

Qr rrcn JOHN DODSVVORTH. 

